Dynamic Metal‐Organic Tube Isomers

L Linkui Wang (State Key Laboratory of Structure Chemistry Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou Fujian 350002 China) Q Qihui Chen (State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter) X Xiaopeng Li (State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China) Q Qing‐Fu Sun (State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou P. R. China) M Maochun Hong (School of Rare Earths)

Abstract

Abstract Preparing artificial assemblies that can achieve multi‐stimuli‐responsive and multi‐level transformations remains a huge challenge. Here, a pair of dynamic metal‐organic tube isomers was prepared from a ligand with multiple coordination modes and flexible conformations. They can undergo multi‐level transformations in response to different types of stimuli, including conformational isomerization driven by physical factors (e.g., concentration, temperature, and polarity), adaptive deformations driven by neutral guests, adaptive reconstructions induced by anionic templates. Notably, the guest‐driven deformed tubes can continue to undergo reconstruction induced by the PF 6 − template, and DMSO can simultaneously serve as a physical factor and a chemical template to continuously regulate isomerization and reconstruction of the dynamic tube. The dynamic tube can be used to regulate the stacking modes of encapsulated 1‐formylpyrene and 1‐acetylpyrene through adaptive deformations, thereby generating stable guest radicals, enhancing guest fluorescence and achieving white light emission.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 65, Issue 6
Published February 02, 2026
ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher Wiley

Journal Info

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Wiley

ISSN: 1433-7851 Physical Sciences

Authors (5)

L

Linkui Wang

State Key Laboratory of Structure Chemistry Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou Fujian 350002 China

Q

Qihui Chen

State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter

X

Xiaopeng Li

State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China

Q

Qing‐Fu Sun

State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou P. R. China

M

Maochun Hong

School of Rare Earths